60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include RPG, Story Rich, 2D, Dark Humor.
The works of H.P. Lovecraft meet the medium of RPG again in this rebuilt and expanded 10th Anniversary Edition. Recruit monsters, win arguments, invade towns, enslave humanity, and go on one date side quest in a game that remains not a dating simulator.
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Lovecraft’s cat is done being a cheap joke. After being branded with a hateful name, you’re out for blood. Wield the Necronomicon to shred through Lovecraft’s famous monsters, collect dope loot, and vanquish your racist master. JUST DON'T SAY HIS NAME!
Rebirth: I Became the Emperor of America by Creating TokTik
In my past life, I was a broke, repressed code monkey—laid off, heartbroken, a full-on loser. My life was a running joke. In this life, I started as a dishwasher, created FakeTok, ran for president, and rose to become the Emperor of America!
Lovecraft’s cat is done being a cheap joke. After being branded with a hateful name, you’re out for blood. Wield the Necronomicon to shred through Lovecraft’s famous monsters, collect dope loot, and vanquish your racist master. JUST DON'T SAY HIS NAME!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24%, Satire 15.1% ★, Dark Humor 14.1%, Parody 7.9% ★, Turn-Based Combat 7.4%
In my past life, I was a broke, repressed code monkey—laid off, heartbroken, a full-on loser. My life was a running joke. In this life, I started as a dishwasher, created FakeTok, ran for president, and rose to become the Emperor of America!
Why similar: Satire 28.7% ★, Dark Humor 24.8%, Visual Novel 12.4%, RPG 10.8%, Comedy 6.6%
Classic story of monster boy falls in love with human girl, and then there's a war. Train and fight with the power of love and weapons in this party-based RPG!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.7%, Dark Humor 17.2%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Comedy 10.7%, Party-Based RPG 10.6%
The final game in the Army of Tentacles trilogy! Do not let math fool you. It's the third in the RPG-VN series of cosmic weirdness and elder horror.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.6%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Party-Based RPG 12.2%, Comedy 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%
Investigate a paranormal disease that threatens to eradicate humanity in this unsettling Lovecraftian adventure, inspired by the choose-your-own-adventure gamebooks of the 80s and 90s. Your choices will determine the story, your character’s destiny… and the future of humanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 50.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Story Rich 7.8%
Fan Jin, who has failed in the exam for decades, has only one way to change his life - to pass the exam and become a successful candidate.
Why similar: Word Game 18.7%, Satire 17.6% ★, Dark Humor 15.8%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%
Zoe is hit by Truck-kun and respawns in a retro game, where she must face dangers in the form of clichés, meaningless choices, a plot that has more holes than Swiss cheese, and other plagues of modern gaming. Also, every notable person is trying to sing her a song! Will she endure such torment?
Why similar: Satire 27.9% ★, Dark Humor 16.1%, Parody 10.4% ★, Comedy 9.6%, Visual Novel 9.4%
"Well behaved women seldom make history." - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich This is the game where good girls get better by being bad! In the 1920s, young women had a chance to change society--by misbehaving. Gather a gang of girls. Explore. Battle petty townsfolk with quick, naughty games: Fib, Flirt, Taunt...
Why similar: Satire 30.8% ★, Dark Humor 18.3%, Comedy 8.3%, Interactive Fiction 8.1%, Story Rich 7.2%
The Tainted is a mature comedy, turn based, 2D RPG. You explore the land of Xanthia in an attempt to solve the mystery of the Taint and learn how to stop it.
Why similar: Satire 27.3% ★, Dark Humor 18.9%, Party-Based RPG 14.2%, Turn-Based Combat 12.3%, Comedy 11.8%
Experience the meeting of the divine and mortal world as a forbidden love affair have unforseen consequences.
Why similar: Satire 28.8% ★, Dark Humor 18.5%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Parody 12% ★, Comedy 11.2%
Countdown is a short visual novel that tells the story of an ordinary individual's journey through their thoughts and emotions as their life approaches its end. The plot includes critiques and discussions of social issues such as life, family, the workplace, and the healthcare system.
Why similar: Satire 33.3% ★, Dark Humor 21.4%, Word Game 19.1%, Visual Novel 18.3%, RPG 6.9%
In this game, you will play a policeman who is transferred to Nabos from out of town. The crime rate here remains high all the year round, and ancient gangs and cults are entrenched here. you will be close to the city's innermost and darkest secret. What choice should you make then?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 55.6%, Visual Novel 26.2%, RPG 12.7%, Adventure 5.5%
A horror mystery adventure game with ghost story elements. Anxiety plagues college student Lily, whose crush Sally has gone missing. As Lily explores the truth, Sally's boyfriend starts to look increasingly suspicious. Even worse, the story of the Cannibal Boy seems to be involved somehow...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.7%, Dark Humor 16.9%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%
"Please Act Normal" is a live-action comedy about the agonizing pressure of social etiquette. Navigate awkward dinners and tense meetings through frequent dialogue choices, or embrace chaos and use your "Secret Weapon". Will they yell, laugh or just stare in pity? There’s only one way to find out.
Why similar: Satire 19.8% ★, Visual Novel 17%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Dark Humor 15.7%, Comedy 9.6%
Your bestie seems to be hiding something. There's something about your world that seems odd as well, like it has...secrets. Dive into the Cthulhu Mythos universe of this horror game and witness a "friendship" that rewrites the world.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35%, Dark Humor 16.1%, Visual Novel 14%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Interactive Fiction 8.1%
Run a haunted theme park, defend it from a zombie overlord, and don't kill your co-workers in this park management/strategy RPG hybrid!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.1%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Comedy 12.1%, Turn-Based Combat 10.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%
Delve into a role-playing game of horror, loss and madness set in the strange worlds of HP Lovecraft. Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones offers a mix of rich role-playing and turn-based tactical combat, represented in an illustrative visual style. Can you find salvation in a dead world?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 51.1%, RPG 15.5%, Turn-Based Combat 13.1%, Party-Based RPG 5%, Choices Matter 4.8%
Part visual novel, part WarioWare-inspired minigame collection, Please Leave Me Alone, I Need to Poop is a modern workplace comedy that you can beat within a short session in your office bathroom stall. Multiple stories, multiple minigames, and multiple endings provide replayability.
Why similar: Satire 25.9% ★, Dark Humor 19.2%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Comedy 10.5%, Parody 9.1% ★
A Lovecraftian Retro MetaRPG. Marty Stu got reincarnated as a prince in another world. But happily-ever-after comes with Daemon Sultan Azathoth, naturally, and a tough decision to make. When Marty finally realizes life is never that easy, he also learns something is unspeakably wrong...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.1%, Dark Humor 16.1%, Party-Based RPG 15.1%, Parody 10.5% ★, Turn-Based Combat 10.3%
Explore unorthodox locations and meet avant-garde characters (in no way inspired by real-life personalities or events) in an indie RPG written like a road movie if a road movie was written like an indie RPG (it's not like a road movie).
Why similar: Satire 30.9% ★, Dark Humor 23.3%, Comedy 14%, RPG 9.9%, Parody 9.1% ★
A free narrative game about the best roommate you'll ever have. He cooks, he cleans, he fixes your relationship. Everything improves. Nobody asked what it costs. A short satire about saying yes until you forget what no sounds like. Multiple endings. 1-2 hours.
Why similar: Satire 38.6% ★, Visual Novel 20.6%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Story Rich 10.4%, Comedy 7.2%
Chief Emoji Officer is a text adventure that recreates the absurdities of the tech world by letting you become CEO using only emojis. Climb your way through corporate America by getting promoted, making allies, avoiding layoffs, and turning Redify into the most successful company in the world.
Why similar: Satire 36.6% ★, Visual Novel 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Comedy 9.7%
Hello, I'm Noah. I'm 28 years old and still haven't got a single date in my life, I'm looking for a life coach who can help me figure out the hard choices in my day to day life, you know? I'm sad and single, I have some friends online, but that's it.
Why similar: Satire 34% ★, Comedy 12.4%, Dark Humor 12.2%, Parody 11.7% ★, Visual Novel 9.7%
It's got action! It's got romance! In this RPG-Dating Sim, gather your party and try to settle a centuries-old dispute among your monster and human classmates! The fate of Winter Prom is at stake!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.2%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Party-Based RPG 10.6%, Comedy 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
Good morning! The story explores a distorted memory, blending reflection, twists, and roguelike chaos in a short game packed with hours of replayability.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.1%, Dark Humor 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Choices Matter 12.1%, RPG 9.9%
"Destiny Isle" is a visual novel that combines survival horror, multiplayer combat, and puzzle-solving elements. Set in a mysterious isolated academy, players take on the role of newcomer Xu Fan, uncovering the academy's chilling secrets while navigating between darkness and hope.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.8%, Word Game 20.2%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Story Rich 7.1%
A tiny, fan-made visual novel featuring Pavolia Reine. Experience a working week filled with unexpected encounters and humor behind the peafowl persona.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.4%, Dark Humor 24.1%, Comedy 22.4%, Adventure 10%, Female Protagonist 4.8%
This is a visual novel game, an interactive text-based adventure with some elements of dating simulation. this game contains themes of violence, gore and immorality. The themes of this game does not represent the views and opinions of the author.
Why similar: Word Game 24.6%, Visual Novel 22.3%, RPG 15.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Story Rich 8.5%
Going Your Own Way is a visual novel that allows you to make choices that will help a young man trying to understand his place in the world while dealing with the recent ending of a long-term relationship, the challenges of modern dating, and a toxic workplace.
Why similar: Satire 22.8% ★, Visual Novel 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Comedy 13.2%, Choices Matter 9.7%
This is an adventure game with a comical and mysterious story. Become the unluckiest detective in the universe and travel around Town with your buddy, a fortune teller, to solve crimes.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 47.2%, Visual Novel 22.6%, Comedy 18.1%, Adventure 10.2%, 2D 2%
Otherworld Chronicles is a Lovecraftian narrative puzzle game set in a dark fantasy world. In a forgotten land where power and war never ceased, you are chosen as a savior, unraveling mysteries, ascending the tower, and drawing closer to a long-buried truth that has waited to be revealed.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.8%, Word Game 19.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Turn-Based Combat 11.2%, Story Rich 7%
You wake up suddenly and find yourself in a mental hospital, facing numerous severely mentally ill patients, with your life hanging by a thread. Can you escape from here?
Why similar: Dark Humor 28.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Word Game 16.6%, Comedy 15.1%, RPG 11.6%
Far Away is a visual novel full of dark humor depicting immersive storylines rather than romantic drama. You will play as Krosa, a typical girl who experiences gang conflicts, crimes, conspiracies, and family grudges in the port city of Bedjan.
Why similar: Word Game 21.2%, Dark Humor 17.1%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%
Grendel Jinx, the megalomaniacal kleptomaniac has returned to Chichester, England for a secret mission. Can the protagonist stop her?
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Dark Humor 17.1%, Comedy 10.6%, Adventure 7.8%
An interactive graphic novel reimagining Cervantes' masterpiece in striking neo-noir style. Guide Don Quixote through La Mancha, make choices that shape his journey, and discover four unique endings in this tragicomic tale of idealism and madness.
Why similar: Satire 28.8% ★, Visual Novel 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Story Rich 7.7%
Hunt monsters! Turn those monsters into costumes! Profit! Try to keep your sanity while working a minimum wage seasonal retail job in a society quickly crumbling into a dictatorship!
Why similar: Satire 33.9% ★, Dark Humor 20%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Creature Collector 12.1%, Story Rich 7.9%
AshCreek is a female-oriented interactive visual novel centered on Lovecraftian cosmic horror. Players take on the role of an outsider who is unwillingly drawn into AshCreek, uncovering the truth behind its anomalies step by step by taking part in stories set across different worlds.
Why similar: Word Game 29.4%, Lovecraftian 27.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, RPG 12.4%, Adventure 5.3%
Guide a squad of ten young adults through a kingdom on the brink of war! Navigate court politics, deadly rivalries, and magical chaos between Humans, Fae, and Werewolves... where every choice can make or break your future.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.1%, Comedy 14.8%, Surreal 14.5%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%
The dark narrative strategy game about cats slowly taking control of a city. Send your feline crew on dangerous missions, uncover their stories, and guide a rising revolt toward power.
Why similar: Satire 26.4% ★, Dark Humor 15.2%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Creature Collector 11.6%, Comedy 9.3%
A Session with Dr. Liebnitz is an exploration game taking place in the mind of the playable character. You will be wandering through your mind, trying to cure it from fear, depression, anger and many more deep, troubling conditions. The extraordinary Dr. Liebnitz will guide you on this journey.
Why similar: Satire 34.9% ★, Dark Humor 16.2%, Comedy 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Surreal 11.4%
An interactive ordeal about blacking out in a dive bar and then trying to piece back your understanding of existence. It's gonna get a lot worse before it gets less worse.
Why similar: Satire 36.8% ★, Dark Humor 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Choices Matter 5.7%, Comedy 5.2%
Straight from the fright factory comes three SPOOKY games in one! Date demons from the center of the planet! Save a spooky theme park! Smash some faces in as giant Kaiju!
Why similar: Satire 36.2% ★, Visual Novel 15.6%, Comedy 12.2%, Surreal 11%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
✦Quest for Choices: Ivan's Tale is a choice-driven visual novel. Ch.0: Ivan (now in the US) has a "pleasant" vote with colleagues.Ch.1: Using VR & AI, Ivan revisits his childhood—little Vanya in a Khrushchyovka after USSR's collapse. Ivan can change the past, perhaps guiding Vanya toward a new life.
Why similar: Satire 31.7% ★, Dark Humor 20.4%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Choices Matter 8.4%, Interactive Fiction 6.5%
Join two punk-rock royal heirs, Pretty Piss Princess and Asian American, as they dodge their royal duties in favor of adventures. This hilarious visual novel, inspired by TROMA films, follows the duo as they navigate the absurdities of royal life, and embrace their rebellious spirit.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.4%, Dark Humor 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Parody 16.1% ★, Surreal 12%
Surreal horror themed visual novel, with lots of branching paths, blood, tears and twisted pitch-black humour. You're playing as Ashia, who's forced to marry her slimy uncle, suffering from surreal nightmares at night. Then she meets Novalie. And then things gets REALLY strange.
Why similar: Dark Humor 24.6%, Visual Novel 22.7%, Surreal 13%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%
A sci-fi choose your own adventure game!
Why similar: Dark Humor 23%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Surreal 10.5%, RPG 9.7%
Play as a bird in a small city called Tracadie.
Why similar: Dark Humor 33.7%, Visual Novel 25.3%, Comedy 17.7%, RPG 11.8%, Choices Matter 9.6%
It's June 2023 in Columbus, Ohio -- 10 years since Neal and Jack graduated, and 8 years since they last spoke. Follow two once-best friends' reluctant descent through classrooms and memories in Our Dirge, a game about growing up in a certain place & time, and making up for the time we lost.
Why similar: Dark Humor 21.5%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Surreal 11.4%, Comedy 11%
ANIMARAMA is a short humorous interactive puzzle game in which you have to help the characters of the game solve their problems. Challenge logic and common sense to complete all levels of the game. Is it weak for you to do it?
Why similar: Satire 39.7% ★, Dark Humor 21.3%, Surreal 11.2%, Comedy 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 7%
Redemption Under the Tide is a Lovecraftian visual novel. You play as a private detective investigating a missing person case—but the deeper you go, the more reality begins to fracture. Lost memories, ancient cults, and a stranger who claims to know you await beneath the surface.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 42.7%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Word Game 14.2%, Choices Matter 11.1%, RPG 10.6%
A kaiju girl romantic visual novel. 4 playable routes and over 10 different endings, For anyone who likes monster movies, giant women and anime silliness
Why similar: Satire 46.7% ★, Visual Novel 22.8%, Comedy 11.2%, Choices Matter 7.1%, Story Rich 4.7%
In this game, you don't survive; you live for your own pleasure. Drag your friend into this crazy road movie, where every mutant is trying not to devour you, but to draw you into their everyday drama. Will you reach the coveted golden toilet or become a local legend?
Why similar: Word Game 27.9%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Dark Humor 13.6%, RPG 12.8%, Adventure 10.1%
The killer elevator took you to endless floors - what do you do? Almost My Floor: Duality - horror stealth action with a variable story about monsters inside you. What's going on? A parallel world, a curse, psychiatric experiments, or you are crazy?
Why similar: Satire 35.8% ★, Dark Humor 17.6%, Lovecraftian 15.4%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Choices Matter 9.1%
Eldritch horror saves Christmas for fun & profit in this fast-paced turn-based JRPG comedy.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 40%, Comedy 14.7%, Dark Humor 13.9%, Turn-Based Combat 13.8%, RPG 7.6%
Nora & Riji: The Hole in the Ghetto. A stylized detective RPG. Play as Nora, a chaos & wild black-furred cat, and Riji, his orange-furried cat friend who's glam & gloss. Investigate a murder, manage the media scandal, and use a unique combat system where you must subdue enemies without killing them.
Why similar: Dark Humor 30.1%, Comedy 18.5%, Choices Matter 15.8%, RPG 13.9%, Adventure 11%
Throw your toys into your fire, and play with them as they burn. An adventure that takes place almost entirely in front of a fireplace - about looking up up up out of the chimney, and the cold world just on the other side of the wall. From the creators of World of Goo and Human Resource Machine.
Why similar: Satire 44.4% ★, Dark Humor 17.6%, Comedy 13.4%, Story Rich 5.6%, Casual 5.2%
When the last thread becomes entangled, their song will be heard.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.5%, Dark Humor 21%, Surreal 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Visual Novel 8.5%
Waking up at the bottom of a brown world, an amnesiac bee faces a dreadful choice: the pornocracy of the Queen of Flies or complicity in the crimes of a perverted incel spider. Can she crawl out of the pit and defend her identity?
Why similar: Satire 27.7% ★, Dark Humor 15.6%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Surreal 8%
"海子 UMIKO" is a psychological horror visual novel. Engage in conversations with Umiko, complete various mini-games, solve puzzles, and gradually piece together the dark truths she tries to hide about herself and her dimension from fragmented narratives. Preserve your fragile friendship for a week!
Why similar: Word Game 21.6%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Dark Humor 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Surreal 9%
The heroine Luan is a typical angelic bitch. In pursuit of profit, she is doing everything she can, her pretty face and body are her tools. She is very good at using her innocent face and her delicate voice to cheat. Luan's happiness is in your hands! Fighting! Ms. Luan!!
Why similar: Satire 35.5% ★, Word Game 19.8%, Dark Humor 11.3%, Comedy 10.9%, Visual Novel 10%
